Barkley: Wizards should have listened to me

The never shy, always loquacious Charles Barkley continued his outspoken streak by criticizing the Washington Wizards.

Sir Charles saidthe Wizards wouldn't be in such a bad state if had they listened to him.

"You know, I told that team three years ago: (Bradley) Beal and (John) Wall can’t play together," Barkley said. "They should’ve traded one of them two years ago when I said that."

"They were just a (middling) team and it’s unfortunate because I like Scott (Brooks) a lot. I think he’s a good coach, too,” he said of his former roommate and the current Washington head coach.

Brooks, who has taking a bit of heat for the Wizards (24-34) down season, did manage two playoff trips in his first two seasons with Wall and Beal on the roster. However, Wall missed the second half of the 2017-18 season due to injury before losing this season to a heel surgery and next season to a raptured Achilles tendon.